1969 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election

1969 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Nominee J. Sargeant Reynolds H. Dunlop Dawbarn Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 472,853 371,246 Percentage 53.97% 42.37%

County and independent city results Reynolds:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Dawburn:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Lieutenant Governor before election Fred G. Pollard Democratic Elected Lieutenant Governor J. Sargeant Reynolds Democratic

The 1969 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1969, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Virginia. Democratic nominee and incumbent member of the Virginia Senate J. Sargeant Reynolds defeated Republican nominee and incumbent member of the Virginia Senate H. Dunlop Dawbarn, American Independent nominee Samuel J. Breeding Jr. and Conservative nominee Louis A. Brooks Jr. ^[1]

General election

On election day, November 4, 1969, Democratic nominee J. Sargeant Reynolds won the election by a margin of 101,607 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee H. Dunlop Dawbarn, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Reynolds was sworn in as the 30th lieutenant governor of Virginia on January 17, 1970. ^[2]

Results

1969 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. Sargeant Reynolds	472,853	53.97
	Republican	H. Dunlop Dawbarn	371,246	42.37
	American Independent	Samuel J. Breeding Jr.	16,839	1.92
	Conservative	Louis A. Brooks Jr.	15,277	1.74
Total votes			876,215	100.00
	Democratic hold

Results by county or independent city

1969 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election by county or independent city ^[3]

	Julian Sargeant Reynolds Democratic		Henry Dunlop Dawbarn Republican		Samuel J. Breeding Jr. American Independent		Louis A. Brooks Jr. Virginia Conservative		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Accomack County	3,407	54.62%	2,552	40.91%	125	2.00%	154	2.47%	855	13.71%	6,238
Albemarle County	3,418	56.83%	2,475	41.15%	52	0.86%	69	1.15%	943	15.68%	6,014
Alleghany County	1,381	55.24%	1,075	43.00%	22	0.88%	22	0.88%	306	12.24%	2,500
Amelia County	911	58.40%	508	32.56%	54	3.46%	87	5.58%	403	25.83%	1,560
Amherst County	2,420	57.94%	1,568	37.54%	127	3.04%	62	1.48%	852	20.40%	4,177
Appomattox County	1,887	66.84%	853	30.22%	69	2.44%	14	0.50%	1,034	36.63%	2,823
Arlington County	17,579	49.83%	16,730	47.42%	708	2.01%	264	0.75%	849	2.41%	35,281
Augusta County	2,203	30.27%	4,937	67.84%	31	0.43%	106	1.46%	-2,734	-37.57%	7,277
Bath County	607	54.34%	486	43.51%	14	1.25%	10	0.90%	121	10.83%	1,117
Bedford County	2,226	50.58%	1,660	37.72%	407	9.25%	108	2.45%	566	12.86%	4,401
Bland County	717	49.65%	674	46.68%	40	2.77%	13	0.90%	43	2.98%	1,444
Botetourt County	1,782	47.70%	1,882	50.37%	49	1.31%	23	0.62%	-100	-2.68%	3,736
Brunswick County	1,875	59.09%	1,050	33.09%	114	3.59%	134	4.22%	825	26.00%	3,173
Buchanan County	3,974	55.03%	2,858	39.58%	288	3.99%	101	1.40%	1,116	15.45%	7,221
Buckingham County	1,469	62.04%	582	24.58%	275	11.61%	42	1.77%	887	37.46%	2,368
Campbell County	2,512	42.31%	2,942	49.55%	229	3.86%	254	4.28%	-430	-7.24%	5,937
Caroline County	1,726	70.39%	661	26.96%	33	1.35%	32	1.31%	1,065	43.43%	2,452
Carroll County	1,987	35.04%	3,588	63.28%	44	0.78%	51	0.90%	-1,601	-28.24%	5,670
Charles City County	982	82.04%	199	16.62%	9	0.75%	7	0.58%	783	65.41%	1,197
Charlotte County	1,491	67.74%	597	27.12%	69	3.13%	44	2.00%	894	40.62%	2,201
Chesterfield County	9,813	39.43%	12,308	49.45%	621	2.49%	2,148	8.63%	-2,495	-10.02%	24,890
Clarke County	1,013	56.47%	758	42.25%	8	0.45%	15	0.84%	255	14.21%	1,794
Craig County	562	56.54%	417	41.95%	11	1.11%	4	0.40%	145	14.59%	994
Culpeper County	1,587	51.63%	1,413	45.97%	49	1.59%	25	0.81%	174	5.66%	3,074
Cumberland County	1,227	68.39%	507	28.26%	31	1.73%	29	1.62%	720	40.13%	1,794
Dickenson County	3,190	50.84%	2,968	47.30%	68	1.08%	49	0.78%	222	3.54%	6,275
Dinwiddie County	2,433	71.64%	810	23.85%	69	2.03%	84	2.47%	1,623	47.79%	3,396
Essex County	928	68.59%	387	28.60%	25	1.85%	13	0.96%	541	39.99%	1,353
Fairfax County	32,135	47.29%	34,722	51.10%	570	0.84%	519	0.76%	-2,587	-3.81%	67,946
Fauquier County	2,702	60.15%	1,625	36.18%	87	1.94%	78	1.74%	1,077	23.98%	4,492
Floyd County	814	36.23%	1,398	62.22%	21	0.93%	14	0.62%	-584	-25.99%	2,247
Fluvanna County	586	54.21%	449	41.54%	18	1.67%	28	2.59%	137	12.67%	1,081
Franklin County	2,967	63.99%	1,537	33.15%	86	1.85%	47	1.01%	1,430	30.84%	4,637
Frederick County	2,438	47.55%	2,554	49.81%	65	1.27%	70	1.37%	-116	-2.26%	5,127
Giles County	2,674	59.04%	1,753	38.71%	80	1.77%	22	0.49%	921	20.34%	4,529
Gloucester County	1,669	56.75%	1,151	39.14%	56	1.90%	65	2.21%	518	17.61%	2,941
Goochland County	1,660	66.72%	751	30.18%	45	1.81%	32	1.29%	909	36.54%	2,488
Grayson County	2,568	48.35%	2,684	50.54%	37	0.70%	22	0.41%	-116	-2.18%	5,311
Greene County	446	42.68%	569	54.45%	14	1.34%	16	1.53%	-123	-11.77%	1,045
Greensville County	1,265	63.92%	642	32.44%	35	1.77%	37	1.87%	623	31.48%	1,979
Halifax County	2,638	55.82%	1,959	41.45%	87	1.84%	42	0.89%	679	14.37%	4,726
Hanover County	3,474	47.92%	3,521	48.57%	119	1.64%	135	1.86%	-47	-0.65%	7,249
Henrico County	17,406	45.00%	20,321	52.54%	368	0.95%	584	1.51%	-2,915	-7.54%	38,679
Henry County	3,934	62.76%	2,029	32.37%	208	3.32%	97	1.55%	1,905	30.39%	6,268
Highland County	283	35.60%	497	62.52%	8	1.01%	7	0.88%	-214	-26.92%	795
Isle of Wight County	2,363	62.63%	1,015	26.90%	207	5.49%	188	4.98%	1,348	35.73%	3,773
James City County	1,427	52.18%	995	36.38%	123	4.50%	190	6.95%	432	15.80%	2,735
King and Queen County	794	67.75%	319	27.22%	25	2.13%	34	2.90%	475	40.53%	1,172
King George County	777	53.55%	644	44.38%	18	1.24%	12	0.83%	133	9.17%	1,451
King William County	1,121	60.27%	686	36.88%	21	1.13%	32	1.72%	435	23.39%	1,860
Lancaster County	1,421	53.93%	1,153	43.76%	34	1.29%	27	1.02%	268	10.17%	2,635
Lee County	4,472	56.29%	3,170	39.90%	207	2.61%	96	1.21%	1,302	16.39%	7,945
Loudoun County	3,383	51.60%	1,979	30.19%	579	8.83%	615	9.38%	1,404	21.42%	6,556
Louisa County	1,477	59.27%	928	37.24%	41	1.65%	46	1.85%	549	22.03%	2,492
Lunenburg County	1,451	60.41%	753	31.35%	105	4.37%	93	3.87%	698	29.06%	2,402
Madison County	751	41.31%	1,010	55.56%	29	1.60%	28	1.54%	-259	-14.25%	1,818
Mathews County	898	48.51%	893	48.24%	35	1.89%	25	1.35%	5	0.27%	1,851
Mecklenburg County	3,578	62.04%	1,956	33.92%	118	2.05%	115	1.99%	1,622	28.13%	5,767
Middlesex County	768	51.86%	661	44.63%	23	1.55%	29	1.96%	107	7.22%	1,481
Montgomery County	3,719	45.90%	4,236	52.28%	94	1.16%	54	0.67%	-517	-6.38%	8,103
Nansemond County	3,942	64.61%	1,887	30.93%	207	3.39%	65	1.07%	2,055	33.68%	6,101
Nelson County	1,117	63.68%	571	32.55%	33	1.88%	33	1.88%	546	31.13%	1,754
New Kent County	672	57.83%	427	36.75%	39	3.36%	24	2.07%	245	21.08%	1,162
Northampton County	1,667	58.76%	1,095	38.60%	44	1.55%	31	1.09%	572	20.16%	2,837
Northumberland County	1,127	55.60%	858	42.33%	23	1.13%	19	0.94%	269	13.27%	2,027
Nottoway County	2,008	62.26%	1,088	33.74%	47	1.46%	82	2.54%	920	28.53%	3,225
Orange County	1,235	47.98%	1,285	49.92%	25	0.97%	29	1.13%	-50	-1.94%	2,574
Page County	2,469	50.42%	2,348	47.95%	49	1.00%	31	0.63%	121	2.47%	4,897
Patrick County	2,001	56.02%	1,470	41.15%	71	1.99%	30	0.84%	531	14.87%	3,572
Pittsylvania County	5,560	63.51%	2,322	26.52%	431	4.92%	442	5.05%	3,238	36.98%	8,755
Powhatan County	1,218	61.98%	590	30.03%	97	4.94%	60	3.05%	628	31.96%	1,965
Prince Edward County	2,057	58.62%	1,356	38.64%	49	1.40%	47	1.34%	701	19.98%	3,509
Prince George County	1,622	62.92%	856	33.20%	47	1.82%	53	2.06%	766	29.71%	2,578
Prince William County	4,614	42.06%	4,207	38.35%	1,157	10.55%	992	9.04%	407	3.71%	10,970
Pulaski County	3,824	56.67%	2,773	41.09%	92	1.36%	59	0.87%	1,051	15.57%	6,748
Rappahannock County	702	59.19%	434	36.59%	20	1.69%	30	2.53%	268	22.60%	1,186
Richmond County	621	46.76%	687	51.73%	10	0.75%	10	0.75%	-66	-4.97%	1,328
Roanoke County	7,763	43.02%	9,958	55.18%	234	1.30%	90	0.50%	-2,195	-12.16%	18,045
Rockbridge County	1,017	43.42%	1,289	55.04%	16	0.68%	20	0.85%	-272	-11.61%	2,342
Rockingham County	3,037	38.41%	4,727	59.79%	65	0.82%	77	0.97%	-1,690	-21.38%	7,906
Russell County	3,442	51.68%	3,040	45.65%	68	1.02%	110	1.65%	402	6.04%	6,660
Scott County	2,222	44.40%	2,716	54.27%	45	0.90%	22	0.44%	-494	-9.87%	5,005
Shenandoah County	3,215	45.96%	3,568	51.01%	118	1.69%	94	1.34%	-353	-5.05%	6,995
Smyth County	2,510	37.46%	4,087	61.00%	57	0.85%	46	0.69%	-1,577	-23.54%	6,700
Southampton County	2,194	67.28%	938	28.76%	58	1.78%	71	2.18%	1,256	38.52%	3,261
Spotsylvania County	2,518	67.65%	1,038	27.89%	75	2.02%	91	2.44%	1,480	39.76%	3,722
Stafford County	2,579	58.39%	1,672	37.85%	77	1.74%	89	2.01%	907	20.53%	4,417
Surry County	1,139	72.23%	397	25.17%	21	1.33%	20	1.27%	742	47.05%	1,577
Sussex County	2,039	71.47%	726	25.45%	47	1.65%	41	1.44%	1,313	46.02%	2,853
Tazewell County	4,203	56.80%	2,948	39.84%	173	2.34%	76	1.03%	1,255	16.96%	7,400
Warren County	2,328	58.36%	1,550	38.86%	57	1.43%	54	1.35%	778	19.50%	3,989
Washington County	4,331	51.29%	3,922	46.45%	140	1.66%	51	0.60%	409	4.84%	8,444
Westmoreland County	1,099	56.97%	777	40.28%	28	1.45%	25	1.30%	322	16.69%	1,929
Wise County	6,168	56.50%	4,593	42.07%	91	0.83%	65	0.60%	1,575	14.43%	10,917
Wythe County	2,534	49.39%	2,489	48.51%	88	1.72%	20	0.39%	45	0.88%	5,131
York County	3,059	53.00%	2,494	43.21%	142	2.46%	77	1.33%	565	9.79%	5,772
Alexandria City	8,339	50.59%	6,373	38.67%	731	4.44%	1,039	6.30%	1,966	11.93%	16,482
Bedford City	743	52.92%	550	39.17%	63	4.49%	48	3.42%	193	13.75%	1,404
Bristol City	1,876	69.40%	775	28.67%	34	1.26%	18	0.67%	1,101	40.73%	2,703
Buena Vista City	558	48.48%	566	49.17%	10	0.87%	17	1.48%	-8	-0.70%	1,151
Charlottesville City	5,290	63.85%	2,849	34.39%	34	0.41%	112	1.35%	2,441	29.46%	8,285
Chesapeake City	9,430	59.85%	5,688	36.10%	414	2.63%	224	1.42%	3,742	23.75%	15,756
Clifton Forge City	774	55.48%	577	41.36%	33	2.37%	11	0.79%	197	14.12%	1,395
Colonial Heights City	1,809	53.08%	1,258	36.91%	65	1.91%	276	8.10%	551	16.17%	3,408
Covington City	1,501	59.63%	979	38.90%	21	0.83%	16	0.64%	522	20.74%	2,517
Danville City	5,610	57.30%	4,024	41.10%	73	0.75%	83	0.85%	1,586	16.20%	9,790
Emporia City	871	58.61%	555	37.35%	27	1.82%	33	2.22%	316	21.27%	1,486
Fairfax City	1,770	50.31%	1,592	45.25%	66	1.88%	90	2.56%	178	5.06%	3,518
Falls Church City	1,471	55.11%	1,126	42.19%	31	1.16%	41	1.54%	345	12.93%	2,669
Franklin City	834	57.40%	565	38.89%	30	2.06%	24	1.65%	269	18.51%	1,453
Fredericksburg City	2,635	67.13%	1,216	30.98%	38	0.97%	36	0.92%	1,419	36.15%	3,925
Galax City	971	53.06%	843	46.07%	11	0.60%	5	0.27%	128	6.99%	1,830
Hampton City	12,284	62.76%	6,879	35.14%	255	1.30%	156	0.80%	5,405	27.61%	19,574
Harrisonburg City	1,509	46.99%	1,659	51.67%	18	0.56%	25	0.78%	-150	-4.67%	3,211
Hopewell City	2,014	46.88%	1,972	45.90%	31	0.72%	279	6.49%	42	0.98%	4,296
Lexington City	666	48.54%	690	50.29%	9	0.66%	7	0.51%	-24	-1.75%	1,372
Lynchburg City	4,347	43.94%	5,043	50.98%	243	2.46%	260	2.63%	-696	-7.04%	9,893
Martinsville City	2,527	64.45%	1,303	33.23%	58	1.48%	33	0.84%	1,224	31.22%	3,921
Newport News City	13,334	60.78%	8,047	36.68%	358	1.63%	200	0.91%	5,287	24.10%	21,939
Norfolk City	25,577	60.64%	15,036	35.65%	1,277	3.03%	289	0.69%	10,541	24.99%	42,179
Norton City	528	54.83%	418	43.41%	14	1.45%	3	0.31%	110	11.42%	963
Petersburg City	4,989	73.01%	1,681	24.60%	62	0.91%	101	1.48%	3,308	48.41%	6,833
Portsmouth City	15,506	69.71%	6,308	28.36%	294	1.32%	135	0.61%	9,198	41.35%	22,243
Radford City	1,643	54.66%	1,330	44.24%	17	0.57%	16	0.53%	313	10.41%	3,006
Richmond City	30,432	67.38%	13,923	30.83%	291	0.64%	518 [a]	1.15%	16,509	36.55%	45,166
Roanoke City	11,904	54.23%	9,727	44.31%	199	0.91%	120	0.55%	2,177	9.92%	21,950
Salem City	867	49.88%	853	49.08%	8	0.46%	10	0.58%	14	0.81%	1,738
South Boston City	3,308	46.58%	3,688	51.94%	65	0.92%	40	0.56%	-380	-5.35%	7,101
Staunton City	2,135	40.50%	3,087	58.55%	21	0.40%	29	0.55%	-952	-18.06%	5,272
Suffolk City	1,408	59.97%	885	37.69%	47	2.00%	8	0.34%	523	22.27%	2,348
Virginia Beach City	12,483	51.41%	11,212	46.17%	458	1.89%	130	0.54%	1,271	5.23%	24,283
Waynesboro City	1,277	29.98%	2,818	66.15%	48	1.13%	117	2.75%	-1,541	-36.17%	4,260
Williamsburg City	823	51.05%	519	32.20%	119	7.38%	151	9.37%	304	18.86%	1,612
Winchester City	1,591	51.42%	1,444	46.67%	21	0.68%	38	1.23%	147	4.75%	3,094
Totals	472,853	53.97%	371,246	42.37%	16,839	1.92%	15,277	1.74%	101,607	11.60%	876,217

Notes

1. Two write-in votes were reported from this county or city.

References

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3. "1969 Lieutenant Governor General Election". Historical Elections Database. Virginia Department of Elections.